NDO – The ninth Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue took place in Hanoi on January 30 under the chair of Vietnam’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and the US’s Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Tina Kaidanow. During the dialogue, the two sides recognised positive developments in bilateral ties since Vietnam and the US set up their comprehensive partnership in 2013. They agreed that 2017 was a successful year of Vietnam-US relations, evidenced by the visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to the US in May and Vietnam becoming the first Southeast Asian nation to welcome President Donald Trump in November. Deputy FM Ngoc affirmed that Vietnam highly values and hopes to intensify the relationship with the US in a stable, extensive and effective manner on the basis of respecting each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political regime, thus contributing to maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the Asian-Pacific region and the world. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kaidanow agreed that the two sides should maintain growth trend and deepen bilateral ties through the exchange of delegations, especially high-ranking ones, while promoting the efficiency of existing collaboration mechanisms and considering economic, trade and investment partnership as a key pillar and motivation in forging stronger cooperation in the future. At the dialogue, the two sides also discussed measures to enhance cooperation in regional and international issues of shared concern. They concurred to support the central role of ASEAN in matters related to peace, stability,… [Read full story]

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Vietnam and the US held the sixth political-security-defence dialogue in Washington DC on October 1. Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and US Acting Assistant Secretary of State Tom Kelly co-chaired the event, which is held annually between the two countries to discuss bilateral political, security and defence issues as well regional and international issues of common concern. Representatives from Vietnam's Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Public Security and Defence and the US Department of State, the US Agency for International Development and the Pacific Command also attended the dialogue. At the event, the two sides expressed their pleasure at…... [read more]

(VOV) -Vietnam and Australia on November 20 conducted the third deputy foreign ministerial strategic defence dialogue in Canberra, Australia as a result of enhanced defence cooperation over the years. A Vietnam delegation was led Deputy Foreign Minister Ho Xuan Son and Deputy Defense Minister Nguyen Chi Vinh while an Australia delegation was headed by Deputy Secretary Gillian Bird and Defence Deputy Secretary Peter Baxter. Both sides noted with satisfaction the positive developments in relations and strong cooperation between the two countries in recent times, acknowledging the celebration of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties (1973-2013) marked a new step of…... [read more]

NA Standing Committee wraps up 22nd session National Assembly Standing Committee members concluded their 22nd session in Hanoi on October 15, with a range of issues high on the agenda. They commented on the draft amended 1992 Constitution, the amendments and supplements to some articles of the Law on Vietnam People's Army Officers, the draft revised Law on People's Public Security and plans on issuing additional Government bonds for the 2014-2016 period. Lawmakers reached consensus on the agenda for the legislature's upcoming sixth session and offered feedback on the 2013 socio-economic development plan and State budget estimate, the 2011-2015 socio-economic…... [read more]

VietNamNet Bridge - The two sides have reaffirmed their commitment to promoting bilateral relations based on friendship and mutual respect to ensure a peaceful, stable, prosperous and secure Asia-Pacific region.Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and US Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs, Andrew Shapiro, concluded the fourth Vietnam-US Political, Security and Defence Dialogue in Washington D.C on June 18. Both sides expressed their satisfaction with the positive developments in various areas, which have helped consolidate the friendship and multifaceted cooperation for mutual benefit. They discussed ways to boost bilateral cooperation in the non-proliferation of weapons of mass…... [read more]

During the dialogue, both sides took note of encouraging progress inbilateral ties since the comprehensive partnership was established inJuly 2013. They exchanged views on activities to mark 20 years of normalisation of diplomatic ties between the two countries. They also discussed measures to promote Vietnam-US cooperation inregional and global mechanisms, including those in which ASEAN plays thecentral role. The two sides reaffirmed theircommitment to strengthening bilateral relations in the spirit offriendship, mutual respect and trust as well as joint commitments forpeace, stability, prosperity and security in Asia-Pacific. Attention was also paid to ways to enhance collaboration in numerousfields, including maritime…... [read more]